Florida AHJ
Solar permit requirements in Orlando, FL
Solar installers and homeowners in Orlando, Florida must adhere to specific local permitting standards for residential solar projects. Solar Design Lab provides permit-ready plansets designed to meet all Orange County requirements.
Requirements at a glance
- Design wind speed
- 140 mph (ASCE)
- Exposure category
- B
- Ground snow load
- 0 psf
- High-velocity hurricane zone
- No
- Fire access pathways
- Required
- Submission format
- digital_separate
- Separate discipline files
- Yes
What Orlando expects on a solar permit
The jurisdiction requires designs to meet a wind speed of 140 mph and Exposure Category B. There is no ground snow load requirement. Submissions must be provided as separate individual pages rather than a single multi-page PDF, and the city requires separate discipline files for digital delivery. Additionally, you must include a rapid shutdown pathway placard on your plans. Electrical documentation must identify existing feeder conductors on the riser diagram, sized at 100 percent of the sub-panel OCPD or MCB rating. You must derate the main breaker when performing a feeder tap and size equipment grounding conductors based on the OCPD ahead of the taps.
- [electrical] Identify existing feeder conductors on the riser diagram and size them to be 100% rated to the sub-panel OCPD/MCB per NEC 240.21(B), explicitly disallowing the 83% rule (NEC 310.12).
- [submittal_format] Upload the planset as separate individual pages rather than a single multi-page PDF document.
- [electrical] Derate the main breaker (e.g., to 175A for a 200A panel) when performing a feeder tap to account for conductor ampacity requirements.
- [electrical] Size equipment grounding conductors (EGC) for feeder taps based on the OCPD ahead of the taps per NEC 250.122(G).
Design a permit-ready Orlando planset with these rules baked in.
Solar Design Lab derives the SLD, electrical, and structural live as you draw, and checks your design against Florida AHJ requirements before you submit. First planset free.